The Music of the Night - Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman This is one of the most famous songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, first released with his music on October 9, 1986, with stars Michael Crawford as the Phantom Sarah Brightman as Christine Steve Barton as Raoul Mary Millar as Mmme. Giry Janet Davenish as Meg Giry This is the best musical ever, and if you want to get the most information on this megasucessful blockbuster musical, you should get The Complete Phantom of the Opera by George Perry. It offers the libretto in the back of the book, plus a lot of pictures and information about the screen versions of Gaston Leroux's novel Le Phantome de le Opera (In french) The Phantom of the Opera (English).